Police & Fire: Water rescue on the Kalamazoo River

WATER RESCUE: A 74-year-old Battle Creek woman was taken to Bronson Battle Creek Sunday after she was rescued by Emmett Township Public Safety Officers on the Kalamazoo River. Police were called at 2:54 p.m. after the woman began experiencing chest pains and difficulty breathing while in a kayak on the river. Lt. Tony Geigle said she was one of several people in a group who left Historic Bridge Park for a trip down the river. Geigle said others in the group called 911 using a cellphone. Township officers launched a department boat from Historic Bridge Park searching for the group. Geigle said the low water level slowed the rescue as officers had to at least twice push the boat in low water. The group and the woman were located and she was treated on the rescue boat and was taken to an access site near Raymond Road and then to the hospital by Lifecare Ambulance.

STOLEN CAR PURSUIT: Two men — one 22 years old and from Detroit and another, 25, from Kalamazoo — were arrested after a car pursuit from Jackson County and a foot pursuit. Calhoun County Sheriff Department deputies were notified about 2:30 p.m. Saturday that Jackson County Sheriff Department deputies were in pursuit of a stolen vehicle on westbound I-94. Deputies lost the vehicle near 28-Mile Road in eastern Calhoun County. A short time later a Calhoun County Marine Officer saw two people walking on Partello Road near 21-Mile Road. Deputies attempted to contact the men and one ran but was caught. Deputies found the stolen car behind some trees at Mar-Lee School at 21236 H Drive North, also known as Partello Road. The Detroit man was arrested on charges of possession of narcotics and possession of a stolen vehicle. The Kalamazoo man, who refused to give his name and had to be identified at the Calhoun County jail with his fingerprints, was a parole absconder on charges of carjacking and felony firearm. Anyone with information is asked to call the Calhoun County Sheriff Department at 269-781-0880 or Silent Observer at 269-781-9700.

METH FIGHT: Battle Creek police are seeking assault warrants for a man, 29, and woman, 46, after they fought in the 400 block of Cornell Drive about 10:54 p.m. Sunday. Police said the man told them he was staying at the woman's residence until he began drug rehabilitation in a few days. He said the woman had given him methamphetamine to smoke and then told him it was laced with rat poison. They began arguing and the man said the woman would not allow him to leave and the woman said she was pushed before punching him.

WATER ASSAULT: A 52-year-old man told Battle Creek police that he was assaulted with a cup of water about 1:20 a.m. Sunday. The man said he had ongoing problems with several neighboring teenagers and that earlier in the day someone broke a basement window near where he sleeps at the home in the first block of East Territorial. He said he then saw one one of the teens outside the window throw water on him and then throw the plastic cup and hit his head.

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: Battle Creek police have reported the following cases:

• A warrant is being sought for a 31-year-old man after his sister, 26, said she was assaulted in the first block of Stringham Road at 3 p.m. Sunday.

• A man, 56, was arrested after his girlfriend, 46, said she was assaulted in the first block of Rook Court at 2:31 p.m. Sunday.

ASSAULT: Two people — a man, 48, and woman, 34 — were arrested after another man, 66, said they argued and he was assaulted at Monument Park, 41 Main St. at 2:39 p.m. Saturday.